How to Use anathema in a Sentence

anathema

noun

• For gun-control advocates, any business that invests in gun makers or retailers may seem an anathema.
  — Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2018
• Madison well understood that what might make sense to me could be anathema to you, each of us following our own reason, passion or interest.
  — WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
• The argument that pro golfers are playing for vast sums of money -- or, indeed, their futures on tour -- and therefore have every right to take their time is anathema to some.
  — Ben Dirs For Cnn, CNN, 23 Mar. 2018
• Again, this would’ve been anathema to tech a year ago, but now, allowing industry groups to band together to deal with monopoly giants seems reasonable.
  — Hemant Taneja, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2018
• Something that was acceptable in San Francisco could be anathema to Pittsburgh.
  — Nancie Clare, Los Angeles Magazine, 20 Feb. 2018
• Such a notion is anathema in Columbia, where economic and racial diversity is a founding principle.
  — Jean Marbella, baltimoresun.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• By declaring the president anathema, Democrats electrified their party and mobilized everyone who is frightened of him.
  — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 11 Feb. 2018
• Super PACs are anathema to the left, with its penchant to control the conversation and squelch dissent, and the ruling triggered dire warnings of what was to come.
  — Paul Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2018
• And that is anathema to those that live and sell the outdoor life.
  — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 13 May 2022
• At the same time, the Arnolds have funded causes that are anathema to some on the left.
  — Rebecca Robbins, STAT, 26 Mar. 2018
• The idea of Auto-Tune and singing to a pre-recorded track are anathema to Strings.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2022
• Screens are an anathema to the group, which sees them as a drain on mental health.
  — Andrew Maynard, Fortune, 12 May 2023
• The notion of eating the same cuisine two days in a row is anathema to most of us.
  — Adam Rapoport, Bon Appetit, 23 Feb. 2017
• The thought of returning to a hard-right regime again is anathema to many.
  — David A. Andelman, CNN, 6 Apr. 2022
• The notion of eating the same cuisine two days in a row is anathema to most of us.
  — Adam Rapoport, Bon Appetit, 23 Feb. 2017
• And to be so aggressive with clients is anathema, even for partners in the firms.
  — Karthik Ramanna, Fortune, 11 July 2020
• This may be anathema to many, but there is good news, and plenty of hope for a brighter future.
  — Paul Roehrig, Quartz, 3 June 2019
• But the idea that anyone could only eat six fries is still anathema to me.
  — Mirel Zaman, refinery29.com, 14 July 2021
• And if that seems anathema to the M division ethos, so are throw pillows and a 6054-pound curb weight.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 30 June 2023
• That the country might be governed by Bengalis was, of course, anathema to Bhutto and the army.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
• Do the powers that be in the World Cup know that flopping and faking injuries is anathema to success in sports in the U.S.?
  — latimes.com, 22 June 2018
• Of course, that kind of commitment might be anathema for some folks.
  — Lisa Butterworth, SELF, 14 Feb. 2023
• The Dogman sat with his mouth ajar, as though the idea of refusing a call was anathema to his truest being.
  — Michael Deagler, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
• At the time, all of this was anathema in corporate South Korea.
  — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2020
• That’s not to say that Hawley’s version of conservatism is anathema to the right.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 July 2022
• This progress in science was not anathema to most religions in the 19th and 20th centuries.
  — James Conca, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• To me, this inclusion is an anathema to a union contract at all.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2023
• So much of the new sobriety flex is anathema to the captious alcoholics of 12-step groups.
  — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 19 Apr. 2022
• But the demand for a census has so far been anathema to the party’s ideological agenda.
  — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2024
• But Republicans are knocking at the door of their own Senate majority next year -- leaving some Democrats eyeing the 60-vote rule as a key tool to block an agenda anathema to them.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 5 June 2024

Last Updated: 16 Sep 2024